28.7% ▲ +36.0%
Higher than 86% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 21.1%
- 2016: 25.2%
- 2021: 28.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Knox · Council (LGA)
Language in Knox
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
Well above the national figure, 28.7% of people in Knox use a language other than English at home. This represents a significant shift for the area, as the proportion of people speaking another language rose by 7.6 percentage points since 2011.
Languages at home
English and the largest community languages.
While Mandarin is the most common non-English language at 7.3%, 4.3% of residents speak little or no English, which is much higher than most similar areas. This figure has remained steady since 2016.
4.3% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 4.3%
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Knox [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA23670/knox/topic/language